Sunday, February 28, 2016

Recap of January & February!

Hello sweet friends! It's been too long since I've been able to post. Lots of catching up with you.
The last few months have been a blessing & horrific. I'm just going to dive right in with my news.

Back in January I had seen on Gay Ann Roger's website that she offered Ladies of Downton geometric motif charts. After hemming and hawing I finally went ahead and ordered them. Yep all 3 of the ladies. They are sooo gorgeous. Well I had made a card and sent it Gay Ann thanking her for her beautiful designs. To make a long story short - Gay Ann asked me to design cards for each lady with photos of her motifs. What an honor for me! I did make them!

In the mist of making the cards our son Nicholas, one afternoon, started choking and was throwing up every 3 mins. He was able to breath and talk but kept telling me he felt something was stuck in his throat. He was having lunch at the time right before he started getting ill. Took him to ER arrived before 6:00pm and at 8:00pm the ER doctor said he was calling in the specialist and her team. At 10:00pm they operated on him.
Nicholas had a piece of meat stuck in his esophagus. The doctor thinks that Nick ate something (the day before) that his esophagus constricted close. Okay got my son all well. Kept making cards at home in between (kept me calm).
Week following we had a scare with my husband. My DH had a regular checkup and blood work. Got the call back saying he needed more tests. They thought he could have cancer. Took him to the hospital for a procedure. 2 days later we got the call - He's all clear. OH thank the Lord!!!!

Then follow up appt for our son. He needed more tests and had a procedure done too. So far all tests have come back clear. We don't know why he had the reaction that he did. Still in the works.

SO I am not sure when I have gotten all the stitching done that I did. I had my projects in totes that came with me to all appts and ER too!!! Stitching has been my saving grace.
Having shared with you I am so sorry to be so behind on commenting and visiting everyone's blogs.
Please forgive me. OH before I forget Gay Ann RogerHERE has her sale going on right now. She has extended the Ladies of Downton charts till March 6th. Then is retiring them as the series will end on that night here in USA.

31 comments:

Sorry to hear about your son and DH.Glad they are ok.It must've been very scary for you.Stitching always helps, doesn't it.Sojourner is looking so pretty, as are all of your projects, and the pouch is beautiful.I looked at the cards you made, they are gorgeous!Take care.Marilyn

Annette, I'm just overwhelmed by all that has happened in your family! Thank God everyone is ok. I hope and pray Nick is through with whatever happened and they figure out what happened. And thank God your DH is in the clear with the cancer scare!

Love all your stitching, but Sojourner -- so so gorgeous! It's a real masterpiece!

Oh my friend, sorry I did not notice you were not posting ( been a bit lax reading posts) I am sorry for all the issues and I am sending hugs and loving thoughts that March will be so much better for all of you. As usual, your stitching is lovely.

Oh my goodness, what a dramatic time you've been having! Glad that they are both alright now.I looked at the website and your cards are gorgeous! A beautiful addition to the projects.Your samplers look lovely as does Nicola's freebie design.

Oh, my goodness, Annette. I'm sorry you've had so much "excitement". I'll keep you all in my prayers. No wonder you were able to do so much stitching. Sojourner is beautiful, and what an opportunity with your cards!

Annette, this all sounds so scary what your husband and your son had to go through. But so good to hear that everything was having a good end. You must have been so relieved.Of course, stitching soothes your mind when you are in such a stress fun situation. Great progress on your wonderful sampler. And two blocks finished on Shores. That little zipper pouch is very sweet. You are getting famous, Annette, with your beautiful Downton ladies cards :)

Oh, dear, Annette--what a frightening month your family had. I'm glad your husband and son are doing okay now and I hope that March will bring better days. You just never know what lies around the corner, do you?

Just lovely stitching--you have so many pretty projects in the works. Take care now...

Oh my-how scary for you! So glad things are better now!Your stitching is beautiful, as always. I love the Shores, especially-have it in my stash. I think you and I have many of the same things! You're just better at getting them stitched than I am!!!And your cards are so lovely!